Cigar-cutter.



PATENTED APR. 25, 1905.

P. W. FARR-IS.

GIG-AR CUTTER.

APPLIOATION FILED 001'.17 19o4.

Y elevation, partly in section, similar to Fig. l,

NITED STATES Patented April 25, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 7 88,425, dated. April25, 1905.

4 Application filed'october 17, 1904. Serial No. 228,699-

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. PARRIs,

va citizen of the United States, residing at Brighton, in the county .ofSuffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Cigar-Cutters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to an improved device for cutting off the ends ofcigars preparatory to smoking the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a neat, simple, and durabledevice which may be used as a charm or fob attached to the watchchain.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts setforth in the following specification, and particularly pointed out inthe claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation, partly insection, of my improved cigar-cutter, the upper half of the casing beingremoved and the edge of said casing shown in section and the cuttersshown in readiness for the pointed end of a cigar to be insertedtherebetween. Fig. 2 is a front showing the cutters closed, with theircutting edges overlapping. Fig. 3 is a transverse section, partly inelevation, taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The device is shown enlarged in the different figures of the drawings.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the casing of my improved cigar-cutter, the sameconsisting of a hollow metal disk similar to a watchcase in appearancehaving a front side 6, a rear side 7, and an edge 8. Two cutters 9 and10 are located inside said casing and are pivoted at 11 to said casing.Said cutters are provided with cutting edges 12 and 13, respectively,and are held apart by a flat spring 14, passing below the pivot 11, withthe opposite ends thereof inserted in slots in the cutters 9 and 10,respectively. Said spring acts normally to hold the cutters 10 and 11apart, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The cutting edges 12 and 13 of thecutters 9 and 10, respectively, are adjacent to a hole 15, formed in theside 6,

and also are adjacent to a hole 16, formed in the side 7. The hole 15 islarger in diameter than the hole 16, the purpose of making said holes ofdifferent diameters being so that when the cigar end is inserted to becut ofl' by the cutters, as hereinafter described, it may be insertedthrough the hole 15 if a large piece is desired to be cut from the cigaror through the hole 16 if a small piece is desired to be cut therefrom.

The cutters 9 and 10 are provided with hooks 17 and 18, respectively,said hooks being adapted to engage hooks 19 and 20, formed upon oppositesides of the reciprocatory catch 21. Said catch is provided with a stem22, which projects through a hole provided in the edge 8 of the casingand has fast to its 'outer end a flange 23 and to its inner end across-bar 2 .1, which'terminates in the hooks 19 and 20, hereinbeforedescribed. Said stem has also rigidly fastened thereto a stop-flange 25and is surrounded outside the casing 5 by a sleeve 26. Inside saidsleeve 26 is provided a spiral spring 27, one end of which bears againstthe, exterior of the casing 5 and the other end against the flange 23,the action of said spring being to push outwardly upon the flange 23until the stop-flange 25 contacts with the interior of the casing 5. Aring 28 is provided fast to the sleeve 26, by means of which the devicemay be attached to a watch chain or fob. Two slots 29 and 30 areprovided in the edge 8 of the casing, through which the cutters 9 and10, respectively, project.

The operation of the device hereinbefore specifically described is asfollows: The pointed end of the cigar is inserted in the hole 15 if alarge cut is required or in the hole 16 if a small cut is required, thecutters 9 and 10 being in the position illustrated in Fig. 1, with thecutting edges 12 and 13 thereof upon oppositesides, respectively, of theholes 15 and 16. Said cutters are then pressed together until theircutting edges overlap each other and the hooks l7 and 18 engage,repectively, the hooks 19 and 20 upon the spring-cateh21, as illustratedin Fig. 2, the spring 27 in said catch yielding to allow the same tomove downwardly and expanding again, so that the hooks l9 and 20 engagesaid hooks l7 and 18 and hold the cutters in the position illustrated insaid Fig. 2. The piece which is cut from the cigar drops out of the holeupon the opposite side of the cutters to that upon whichthe cigar islocated when the cutting operation takes place.

The device as a whole is very useful, cheap, convenient, and ornamental.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire by LettersPatent to secure, is

1. A cigar-cutter comprising in its construction a hollow casingprovided with a hole in each of the opposite sides thereof, a pair ofcutters pivoted inside said casing with their cutting edges adjacent tosaid holes, a spring acting to hold said cutters apart and upon 0ppositesides, respectively, of said holes, and a spring-catch adapted to engageand hold said cutters with their cutting edges overlapping each other.

2. A cigar-cutter comprising in its construction a hollow casingprovided with two cylindrical holes of different diameters upon oppositesides, respectively, thereof, a pair of cutters pivoted inside saidcasing, with their cutting edges adjacent to said holes, a spring actingto hold said cutters apart and upon opposite sides, respectively, ofsaid holes, and a spring-catch adapted to engage and hold said cutterswith their cutting edges overlapping each other.

3. A cigar-cutter comprising in its construction a hollow casingprovided with a hole in each of the opposite sides thereof, a pair ofcutters pivoted inside said casing with their cutting edges adjacent tosaid holes, each of said cutters provided with a hook on its free end, aspring acting to hold said cutters apart and upon opposite sides,respectively, of said holes, and a reciprocatory spring-catch providedwith two hooks on opposite sides thereof adapted to engage the hooks ofsaid cutters and hold said cutters With their cutting edges overlappingeach other.

i. A cigar-cutter comprising in its construction a hollow disk-shapedcasing provided with a hole in each of the opposite sides thereof, apair of cutters pivoted inside said casing with their cutting edgesadjacent to said holes, a spring acting to hold said cutters apart andupon opposite sides, respectively, of said holes, a spring-catch adaptedto engage and hold said cutters with their cutting edges overlappingeach other, said casing provided with slots in its edge through whichsaid cutters project when disengaged from said catch.

5. Acigar-cuttercomprisingin its construction a hollow disk -shapedcasing provided with a hole in each of the opposite sides thereof, apair of cutters pivoted inside said casing with their cutting edgesadjacent to said holes, a spring acting to hold said cutters apart andupon oppositesides, respectively, of said holes, each of said cuttersprovided with a hook on its free end, a reciprocatory springactuatedcatch projecting through the edge of said casing, the outer end of saidcatch provided with a flange, the inner end with two hooks on oppositesides thereof adapted to engage the hooks onsaid cutters and hold saidcutters with their cutting edges overlapping each other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK W. PARRlS.

\Vitnesses:

CHARLES S. GooDING, ANNIE J. DAILEY.

